The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris

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Splendid... ReadingThe Most Beautiful Walk in the Worldis the next best thing to a Paris vacation. Boston Globe

Anyone who loves Paris and loves to walk will feel this book was written just for them. USA Today

In this enchanting national bestseller, acclaimed author and long-time expat Paris resident John Baxter draws on his experience guiding "literary walking tours" through the city to proved a delightful walker's guide to France's capital. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the trail of Paris's legendary artists and writers of the past. Along the way, he tells the history of Paris through a brilliant cast of characters: the favorite cafs of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce; Pablo Picasso's underground Montmartre haunts; the bustling boulevards of the late-nineteenth-century flneurs; the secluded "Little Luxembourg" gardens beloved by Gertrude Stein; the alleys where revolutionaries plotted; and finally Baxter's own favorite walk near his home in Saint-Germain-des-Prs.

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"One of the smartest nonfiction titles for summer reading ... Baxter tracks both the city's history and the many celebrated figures who have savored the art of walking in one of the world's most beautiful capitals." -- Christian Science Monitor

"A lovely book ... Full of unexpected pleasures ...Parisians claim that walking walking around Paris is an art form in itself, and Baxter proves them right. -- Chicago Tribune

"A man with a great appreciation of what makes Paris tick." -- Newsday

"We are the beneficiaries of John Baxter's considerable, vivid love for the expatriate life in Paris. ... The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is as close as a reader can get to the feel of a languid spring walk along Baron Haussmann's boulevards." -- Los Angeles Times

"Anyone who loves Paris and loves to walk will feel this book was written just for them. ... Charming." -- USA Today

"A splendid memoir ... Reading The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is the next best thing to a Paris vacation." -- Boston Globe

"Fabulous . . . the perfect companion for anyone inspired to hop over to France after seeing Midnight in Paris" -- NPR.org

Author Bio

John Baxter is a film critic, novelist, biographer and broadcaster, whose books on the cinema include The Hollywood Exiles, The Cinema of John Ford, and highly praised biographies of Ken Russell, Fellini, Bunuel, Steven Spielberg, Kubrick and Woody Allen. Born in Australia, John Baxter now lives in Paris.